Nov 08, 2013. /Lesprom Network/. China’s log imports in the first half of the year were 25 million cubic metres, valued at $5 billion, a rise of 11% from the same period in 2012, ITTO reported.

In addition, according to the Eurostat data, in the first half of 2013 the value of China’s logs imports from European countries reached Euro 107 million, three times more than in the same in 2012.

According to estimates from the State Forest Administration demand for logs and sawnwood in China will continue to grow and that the country will need to import around half of its annual requirement by 2015.